The 18 Republicans who voted ‘no’ with Ted Cruz today

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks to reporters as he leaves the floor of the Senate after skirmishing with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., over the Affordable Care Act, popularly know as Obamacare, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 23, 2013. The Republican-controlled House and the Democrat-controlled Senate are at an impasse after GOP conservatives approved legislation Friday in the House to keep the government running but at the cost of wiping out President Obama's signature health care law. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The 18 Republicans who voted 'no' with Ted Cruz today

The Senate voted 79-19 today to end debate on a bill some conservatives argue would help Obamacare.Whether or not that was actually true was a huge matter of disagreement between Republicans, who remain united against the 2010 health care law.Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and others argued that voting to end debate on a House spending bill — which stripped spending for Obamacare — was actually a vote to help Democrats, since the Senate majority could just add that …